Yeager
by Yeager, General Chuck and Leo Janos
General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound . . .the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang . . .the hero who defined a certain quality that all hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era aimed to achieve: the right stuff.
Now Chuck Yeager tells his whole incredible life story with the same “wide-open, full throttle” approach that has marked his astonishing career. What it was really like enaging in do-or-die dogfights over Nazi Europe. How after being shot over occupied France, Yeager somehow managed to escape. The amazing behind-the-scenes story of smashing the sound barrier despite cracked ribs from a riding accident days before.
The entire story is here, in Yeager’s own words, and in wondeful insights from his wife and those friends and colleagues who have known him best. It is the personal and public story of a man who settled for nothing less than excellence, a one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero.
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Yeager
by General Chuck Yeager & Leo Janos
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Hawthorne: Hutchinson of Australia, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. large Octavo. 1st printing. An unread book. Prior owner signature to flyleaf. Item Price
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Yeager
by YEAGER, General Chuck and Leo Janos
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Toronto: Bantam, 1985. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Black & white photographic illustrations, 342 pages, black cloth backed grey boards (tiny dent at the top edge of the front cover), d.w. Toronto: Bantam Books, (1985). A near fine copy.<br/> <br/> Inscribed by General Yeager of the front fly-leaf.<br/> <br/> Item Price
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Yeager: An Autobiography
by YEAGER, GENERAL CHUCK & JANOS, LEO
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YEAGER
by Yeager, General Chuck and Leo Janos
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New York NY: Bantam. 1985. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0553050931 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. ; The pioneering aviator who first broke the sound barrier in 1947 recounts his career as a fighter pilot and test pilot, in a memoir enriched by the reminiscences of his wife and colleagues.… Read more about this item Item Price
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by General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos
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Bantam books, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. VERY FINE/LIKE NEW. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Cream color cover with black wrapped spine has gold foil stamp for the name of the authors, title, and publisher. Cover is clean, unmarked, and his straight boards with only a slight amount of bumping to the tips. Pages are white, unmarked and firmly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Yeager : An Autobiography
by Yeager, General Chuck & Janos, Leo
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London: Pimlico, 1986. 1st edition. As New. octavo. stiff wrappers 342pp., b/w plates index, The First Man through the Sound Barrier in the Bell X-1 Item Price
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